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obama has a bad ee economy. we. >> charlie:we can included with frank how paid media is shape thg campaign. >> the truth is this election is going to be can decided by the main stream, people dead center who believe in a right of center economic approach and leave us alone on social issues. they're closer to barack obama on social and closer to mitt romney on economic issues. so they're torn. >> there's a difference betweend actually said, i don't care. i will follow this on election day that's it. the problem is neither candidate is speaking to them in the way they want to be spoken to or talking to them, the words that they want to hear. >> charlie:march inas balances and tee i don't know and frank when we continue. >> funding provided by the following. >> charlie:additionalg provided by that's funders: >> c captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. the special edition of charlie rose. >> this evening we continue our coverage of the democratic national
obama has a bad ee economy. we. >> charlie:we can included with frank how paid media is shape thg campaign. >> the truth is this election is going to be can decided by the main stream, people dead center who believe in a right of center economic approach and leave us alone on social issues. they're closer to barack obama on social and closer to mitt romney on economic issues. so they're torn. >> there's a difference betweend actually said, i don't care. i will follow this on...
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obama did not do his best. we will see what happens in the next couple of debate, but he did not do his best by any standard of a definition. i was falling would ever be as saying on twitter. chris rock doing so bad that he was waiting before the debate was over for obama to bend down and pull up osama bin laden's skull. that was his trump card, if you will. i raise that because you mentioned osama bin laden. there was a time in this country's past when, if the sitting president had held up osama bin laden's skull, he probably could have gone away with anything. does president obama at this point get any credit for killing enemy number one? >> i would say that he gets responsibility and accountability. the joke was funny, but the reality is that what amounted what was a cold-blooded assassination when there was no resistance from the principal target, when there was no effort to fight back, according to the soldiers carrying out the mission, to assassinate him on the spot, dispose of the body at sea is not some
obama did not do his best. we will see what happens in the next couple of debate, but he did not do his best by any standard of a definition. i was falling would ever be as saying on twitter. chris rock doing so bad that he was waiting before the debate was over for obama to bend down and pull up osama bin laden's skull. that was his trump card, if you will. i raise that because you mentioned osama bin laden. there was a time in this country's past when, if the sitting president had held up...
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obama has to plan on the obama campaign and improving. the problem solving, the fixer, the guy who is excited with ideas is a very attractive candidate. if they can make the spotlight of the campaign on that with this new interest they're going to generate, they're going to do pretty well. the obama guys will try to use paid advertising and other things to move the campaign into other stuff. but i think we now have a different more competitive race and we'll see what happens. >> rose: katty. >> before i freeze out here today, i'm blaming the cold. the obama campaign has spent millions of dollars successfully making mitt romney unacceptable as a choice to the american public. tonight mitt romney made himself acceptable in the course of a 9 0-minute debate. >> rose: thank you, you're cold. >> it gets better and better. i think we saw people in each party say well obviously our candidate barely has a tongue, we don't know if they'll be able to. but it was skewed and what the obama team had an opportunity to do with a good debate was sort of
obama has to plan on the obama campaign and improving. the problem solving, the fixer, the guy who is excited with ideas is a very attractive candidate. if they can make the spotlight of the campaign on that with this new interest they're going to generate, they're going to do pretty well. the obama guys will try to use paid advertising and other things to move the campaign into other stuff. but i think we now have a different more competitive race and we'll see what happens. >> rose:...
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obama did not deliver it. i do not know what his intentions were, and i think it is almost irrelevant. we hdergone a corporate and it is over. obama serves those centers of power. on the issue of the rise of racism, which is very true -- i just came from alabama and was in montgomery, and you go into montgomery, there is a giant confederate flag now put up for the sons of the confederacy, and this is a new phenomenon, as you , peoplenchise people commonl retreat into these frightening ethnic enclaves, and they create a mythic narrative about themselves. a year ago there was a re- enactment of the swearing of jefferson davis, and his inauguration is a holiday alongside martin luther king day in alabama along with the founding of the confederacy. with robert e. lee day and martin luther king day, it is insane. all of this is new, and that kind of despair fuels that kind of intolerance. the question is if we continue to support a system that does not function, that is paralyzed, yet purports to we in fact for g t
obama did not deliver it. i do not know what his intentions were, and i think it is almost irrelevant. we hdergone a corporate and it is over. obama serves those centers of power. on the issue of the rise of racism, which is very true -- i just came from alabama and was in montgomery, and you go into montgomery, there is a giant confederate flag now put up for the sons of the confederacy, and this is a new phenomenon, as you , peoplenchise people commonl retreat into these frightening ethnic...
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and michelle obama. and the kids. >> one of the things we didn't know before we reported the book was just how unhappy michelle obama was with her husband as a senator. >> rose: the life he had? >> basically she did not sign up for a commuter marriage and when this talk started of his being a presidential candidate she was not wishy-washy are there drawbacks to this, she didn't want to talk about it. she thought it was so... it would be so much further a disruption into their family fe. and she was very much against it. it wasn't just the normal thing saying i'm only going to run if my loving spouse agrees. she was very much against it. and the hurdle as we write about in the book to get over her opposition was not an insignificant one. >> it's an interesting thing. what mark says is all true. but there's also the fact that when all is said and done that the obama campaign spent a lot of time on michelle obama, obviously the rehabilitation of her image in 2008 when it had problems in materially part of t
and michelle obama. and the kids. >> one of the things we didn't know before we reported the book was just how unhappy michelle obama was with her husband as a senator. >> rose: the life he had? >> basically she did not sign up for a commuter marriage and when this talk started of his being a presidential candidate she was not wishy-washy are there drawbacks to this, she didn't want to talk about it. she thought it was so... it would be so much further a disruption into their...
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and that is not obama's style. if you google "obama rebukes republicans" it goes on and on and on. he is always going after the people -- his beating. just a tactically i think that's a mistake and hopefully it will change. on the foreign affairs front if you talk to the intelligence people they say that the world is increasingly dangerous, you have meltdown situations potential meltdown situations not just in syria and the middle east, pakistan, north korea which has the bomben like iran and that is just ticking away. there's the egypt problem, there's what's going on recently in algeria and so forth. so i think the theme here for president obama is going to have to be i need to smoke the peace pipe domestically in this country wi the political opposition and i need to work and develop friendships abroad and develop some overall strategy for dealing with this very dangerous lull. >> rose: just drill down on that temperament for the president who had an overwhelming electoral victory. >> i think franklin roosevelt would have disagreed. he said the election of 1936 was a great lands
and that is not obama's style. if you google "obama rebukes republicans" it goes on and on and on. he is always going after the people -- his beating. just a tactically i think that's a mistake and hopefully it will change. on the foreign affairs front if you talk to the intelligence people they say that the world is increasingly dangerous, you have meltdown situations potential meltdown situations not just in syria and the middle east, pakistan, north korea which has the bomben like...
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''s the chief of staff for president obama. >> different styles president obama will tend to come in a quite tight lawyerly way. president clinton likes to hear more of the discussion, to think things through. they end up in the same place in the sense they have gotten out of the people that work for them everything they know and they're making the decision based on fact and. >> we condition request john podesta former chief of staff for president clinton and director of transition. >> what's really critical is for him to frame the choice about what this election is about. 2 very, very different view tion and approaches to the us economy. he's got credibility about what works and what doesn't. i think he can remind people about what has worked for them in the past and set a path for the future. so i think one of the things that he will do is spend his time talking about the challenges that president obama faced, the way he responded to them, why those were the right choices. >> charlie:we conclude with jeff sell any of the new york times and john harris of politico. >> i think they'r
''s the chief of staff for president obama. >> different styles president obama will tend to come in a quite tight lawyerly way. president clinton likes to hear more of the discussion, to think things through. they end up in the same place in the sense they have gotten out of the people that work for them everything they know and they're making the decision based on fact and. >> we condition request john podesta former chief of staff for president clinton and director of transition....
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i wonder how much this helped barack obama. i think that one of the things that people are going to remember about this debate is less what joe biden or paul ryan said than joe bide's constant smiling, shaking his head, oh, my god, looking i thought at some point at something that was just suggesting maybe a little unhinged, i actually thought it came across as slightly condescending and pat tronizing and even a little arrogant and that is exactly the same rap that some people have against barack obama's performance recently, the schtick against obama 35 is one yet he has a tendency to be a little bit arrogant, the last thing the white house needs at the moment is for people to say look this arrogant white house they don't listen to other people and don't take this seriously and not taking us seriously i think that could have hurt with some swing voters, i, from the feedback i have had from people that were watching in their homes, there were even people who had a ten ency to want biden to do well and they didn't like to a see,
i wonder how much this helped barack obama. i think that one of the things that people are going to remember about this debate is less what joe biden or paul ryan said than joe bide's constant smiling, shaking his head, oh, my god, looking i thought at some point at something that was just suggesting maybe a little unhinged, i actually thought it came across as slightly condescending and pat tronizing and even a little arrogant and that is exactly the same rap that some people have against...
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obama pledged to do that. he started a task force within the justice department called operation broken trust. it has never had any significant prosecutions or any significant investigation of what went down. the second is a failure to reform wall street. the dodd-frank bill was not great to begin with. poorly staffed agencies have to implement the rules that are besieged by lobbyists. that is on the democrat and republican side. obama failed to fight for a elizabeth warren or appoint her in the consumer protection agency. the third thing that is unfortunate is his record on jobs, while hardly worth less, and the stimulus save several million jobs, has never been the full focus of this administration. the image of favoring big corporate status quo and wall street even though in his heart of hearts, that is not what he believes. tavis: that may be a enough of an albatross to make sure that he does not get reelected. the first two well, he did not control. was all about law enforcement. the second was about cong
obama pledged to do that. he started a task force within the justice department called operation broken trust. it has never had any significant prosecutions or any significant investigation of what went down. the second is a failure to reform wall street. the dodd-frank bill was not great to begin with. poorly staffed agencies have to implement the rules that are besieged by lobbyists. that is on the democrat and republican side. obama failed to fight for a elizabeth warren or appoint her in...
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. >> from the very beginning the obama campaigned four years and met with all of the first actors in the first year he would sit down with chavez and kim jung il, with castro, and with president ahmadinejad of iran. >> nothing governor romney just said is true. starting with this notion of me apologizing. >> this has been probably the biggest whopper that has been told during the c campaign. >> joining me in new york is tina brown, editor in chief of the daily beast. peep. very disappointing. >> talking about europe and stuff -- >> rose: you can say it affects the u.s. economy and the economic recovery or threatens the u.s. economy if they can't get it right. >> there is also the one moment in which the president, romney kept saying, look, you can attack me but that is not a proposal for the future, did that score? what was the best line that romney had during the evening? anybody? >> you can't attack me was clearly his go to line. >> rose: right. >> if the president attacked, other than that, i can't think of any real standout lines that governor romney had. i don't think he wanted
. >> from the very beginning the obama campaigned four years and met with all of the first actors in the first year he would sit down with chavez and kim jung il, with castro, and with president ahmadinejad of iran. >> nothing governor romney just said is true. starting with this notion of me apologizing. >> this has been probably the biggest whopper that has been told during the c campaign. >> joining me in new york is tina brown, editor in chief of the daily beast....
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he wrote a piece on president obama in the "atlantic" magazine called "obama explained." jon meacham, he is the author of "american lion: andrew jackson in the white house." it earned him a pulitzer prize. he's currently writing on george h.w. bush and thomas jefferson. finally, robert caro, he is a two-time pulitzer prize winning author and has dedicated decades to writing about lyndon johnson. his fourth volume "the passage of power," is set to come out this may. i am pleased to have them here to have this discussion about men and power, the power of the office and how those two things come together. i begin with barack obama. what did you go in search of? >> trying to find out to the extent anyone could what makes obama tick. we know if you support obama or oppose him there's something different about the way he seems as he prepares for his reelection before anybody expected four years ago when he was making his debut on the national scene. so trying to parse out whether the disappointment in him was the i evidentable because the mismatch between what he symbolized in
he wrote a piece on president obama in the "atlantic" magazine called "obama explained." jon meacham, he is the author of "american lion: andrew jackson in the white house." it earned him a pulitzer prize. he's currently writing on george h.w. bush and thomas jefferson. finally, robert caro, he is a two-time pulitzer prize winning author and has dedicated decades to writing about lyndon johnson. his fourth volume "the passage of power," is set to come out...
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i think obama tried it. he came on really wanting to try couldn't find the partners to do that but if you had a burst of five or six people in the key positions in washington then you could change the dynamic and the quality of the individual. >> rose: you're talking about -- it seems to me the idea of collegiality and a lot of other qualities that i think the country hungers for. >> you have to have a dual consciousness between a campaign consciousness and governing consciousness and that requires a degree of elitism. a sense of i'm part of a leadership class and i'll behave in a certain way for the country even though it may not poll well and that aristocratic ethos-- to sound a little ham ill on theian is not there. >> i would say you can be elite without being elitist. once you get elected to congress you are a member of the elite but it's not elitist to think you have to have-to-govern and to govern you have to have relationships and the problem with reasonableness in congress now is the country desires
i think obama tried it. he came on really wanting to try couldn't find the partners to do that but if you had a burst of five or six people in the key positions in washington then you could change the dynamic and the quality of the individual. >> rose: you're talking about -- it seems to me the idea of collegiality and a lot of other qualities that i think the country hungers for. >> you have to have a dual consciousness between a campaign consciousness and governing consciousness...
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obama said they want to create change. and this change must present itself, must show itself in iraq. it must show and happen in afghanistan. it must show and happen in palestine and must show with regards to iran. now, please pay attention. i'm trying to help. i'm trying to help you. i'm trying to help america here. those behind the scenes or within the u.s. administration, the obama administration are moving things in a direction which will make mr. obama to take radical position especially with respect to iran. some members of the u.s. security council are also doing the same thing leading mr. obama to a position that is irreversible, vis avi a vie and first mr. obama's time is over will happen, in other words, when mr. obama becomes radical in his behavior, what that means is there's no change and therefore he's been defeated. he's failed. his president term will be not useful and secondly, america's most historical opportunity will be lost and america will no longer be able to improve itself in the world. i'm saying a
obama said they want to create change. and this change must present itself, must show itself in iraq. it must show and happen in afghanistan. it must show and happen in palestine and must show with regards to iran. now, please pay attention. i'm trying to help. i'm trying to help you. i'm trying to help america here. those behind the scenes or within the u.s. administration, the obama administration are moving things in a direction which will make mr. obama to take radical position especially...
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don't renew obama care. i argue what they ought to do in the house is pass bill by bill, pentagon state continuing resolutions for each department. >> and they're not going to listen to you anymore than listening to their own leaders of the house. i'm grateful for that. >> is that buchanan? >> i think it is that way. >> they are just suggesting the idea tha is really far off on the fringe, even fringier than what ted cruz is doing. i mean ted cruz, he called it a filibuster, it really wasn't. it was against the bill that he eventually voted for after taunting the house into passing this bill that would defund obama care and then announced it was going nowhere in the senate, which is true. and then they got mad at him and then he decided he would have to stand on the senate floor and prove his manhood or whatever it was. >> okay. now, more cruz on obama care. >> when you have a law, and it is killing jobs. when you have a law that is hammering small businesses. when you have a law that is forcing people into
don't renew obama care. i argue what they ought to do in the house is pass bill by bill, pentagon state continuing resolutions for each department. >> and they're not going to listen to you anymore than listening to their own leaders of the house. i'm grateful for that. >> is that buchanan? >> i think it is that way. >> they are just suggesting the idea tha is really far off on the fringe, even fringier than what ted cruz is doing. i mean ted cruz, he called it a...
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that's exactly what obama is doing. it's a sinnister. >> raw and crude politics. >> it really is. >> the parents on the part of the republicans -- >> veteran's memorial, they shut it all up. >> congressman yelling at the interior employee -- the republicans could end this with one vote. all you have to do is fund the entire government. >> this will be addressed to mort, the u.s. is in shutdown partially, how is that playing overseas? here are some of the headlines. >> argentina shut down, dreaded paralysis in washington. italy, u.s.a., closed for lack of funds. germany, u.s. administration stands still. and take a look at this photo of mount rushmore, walking away from its national park. on the front page of this in belgium, with the caption, washington petrified. >> question, to what extent is this abroad? mort. >> it's having an effect on the prestige and the credibility of the united states. there's no doubt about it. because this is a government that is not functioning. and i have a feeling that this is something th
that's exactly what obama is doing. it's a sinnister. >> raw and crude politics. >> it really is. >> the parents on the part of the republicans -- >> veteran's memorial, they shut it all up. >> congressman yelling at the interior employee -- the republicans could end this with one vote. all you have to do is fund the entire government. >> this will be addressed to mort, the u.s. is in shutdown partially, how is that playing overseas? here are some of the...
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obama is in bed. he's up from 10:00 to 1:00 calling foreign leaders, looking at his ipad, reading things. now, that's probably a good time to get chummy with members of the congress that could help you wouldn't it? >> listen, if you want... i mean one of the things that i report in the book is jack lou, who's now the white house chief of staff who was the budget director during much of this back and forth, he worked for tip o'neill when tip o'neill made the deal with reagan on social security. and the point lou makes is that it would be un... that reagan, tip o'neill disagreed on just about everything, but they had this relationship where they could talk and they knew they had to accomplish certain things like save social security in 1983 which they did. now, this does not speak well at all for the way the house republicans operated, but when obama wanted to get a phone call returned they wouldn't call him back. jack lou was running through the white house tearing out his hair. >> rose: they would not
obama is in bed. he's up from 10:00 to 1:00 calling foreign leaders, looking at his ipad, reading things. now, that's probably a good time to get chummy with members of the congress that could help you wouldn't it? >> listen, if you want... i mean one of the things that i report in the book is jack lou, who's now the white house chief of staff who was the budget director during much of this back and forth, he worked for tip o'neill when tip o'neill made the deal with reagan on social...
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obama! [cheering] >> now, we know that we would not be here today where it not for those who stand guard around the world to preserve our freedom. to those in our armed forces, we offer our infinite thanks. for your bravery, your honor, your sacrifice. >> this democracy of ours was forged by intellect argument, by activism and blood. and, above all, from john adams to elizabeth katie stanton to martin luther king, by a stubborn adherence to the notion that we are all created equal and that we deserve nothing less than had aate republic worthy of our consent. the theme of this year's inaugural is face america's future. the perfect embodiment of this confidence in the ongoing success of our collective journey is an event from our past. i speak of the inprobable completion of the capitol dome and cappening it with the statue of freedom which occurred 150 years ago in 1863 when abraham lip con took office two years earlier, the dome above us was a half built eyesore, conventional wisdom was that
obama! [cheering] >> now, we know that we would not be here today where it not for those who stand guard around the world to preserve our freedom. to those in our armed forces, we offer our infinite thanks. for your bravery, your honor, your sacrifice. >> this democracy of ours was forged by intellect argument, by activism and blood. and, above all, from john adams to elizabeth katie stanton to martin luther king, by a stubborn adherence to the notion that we are all created equal...
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and barack obama came along in 2008... >> and what we miss right now in obama is that kind of message. >> rose: why do you think he doesn't have it? >> so i'm waiting... i feel like... i came down here i was toying with the lead of a column saying i came to tampa looking for mitt romney's even a sketch and all i got... etch a sketch and all i got was this lousy t-shirt. i was thinking now we'll see the moment where he tacks to the center. now we haven't heard his speech and maybe that won't come. but you certainly don't get the sense that that's coming. with own they're clearly made a choice-- which i find baffle baffling because i think he has achievements to run on--. >> rose: include including obamacare. >> you brag to historians about it and how many ads have they taken out selling it? not saying "i did it" but here's how we did it, here's why it will be great. >> rose: they quoted me in a column about an interview with him in which he said the thing i have failed at is narrative. and the narrative is what's got him to the white house. the narrative is begin with him telling a sto
and barack obama came along in 2008... >> and what we miss right now in obama is that kind of message. >> rose: why do you think he doesn't have it? >> so i'm waiting... i feel like... i came down here i was toying with the lead of a column saying i came to tampa looking for mitt romney's even a sketch and all i got... etch a sketch and all i got was this lousy t-shirt. i was thinking now we'll see the moment where he tacks to the center. now we haven't heard his speech and...
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, pro-obama spots. what do you make of that? >> well, first, third-party advertising, that's non-candidate advertising, has historically been more attack driven and more deceptive. and that's true this year as well. secondly, when there are imbalances in money tied to messages, the side with the higher dollar amount of messaging has the advantage. we showed this in 2008, interestingly, when the advantage was with the obama campaign, which in some media markets outspent john mccain four to one. we documented the effect of that difference in the presence of controlling everything else that might have affected voters. and we showed a difference in vote choice based on the amount of money -- differential in the amount of money spent by the two campaigns. and the biggest problem occurs when there's a differential in spending and a high level of deception tied to a high level attack because now you have the worst possible consequences. the whole electoral environment becomes more attack driven with deceptive
, pro-obama spots. what do you make of that? >> well, first, third-party advertising, that's non-candidate advertising, has historically been more attack driven and more deceptive. and that's true this year as well. secondly, when there are imbalances in money tied to messages, the side with the higher dollar amount of messaging has the advantage. we showed this in 2008, interestingly, when the advantage was with the obama campaign, which in some media markets outspent john mccain four to...
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president. >> barack obama is the first sitting u.s. president to receive the peace prize since 1919. his international diplomatic effort is still very much a work in progress. this was his keynote speech in cairo when he set out to define a new relationship with the islamic world. >> i am grateful for your hospitality and the hospitality of the people of egypt. and i am also proud to carry with me the good will of the american people anda greeting of peace from the muslim communities in my country. >> there is plenty of more to think about, the future in afghanistan, the middle east peace process, nuclear tensions and climate change. the nobel peace prize is designed to encourage. bbc news. >> let me just tell you about some breaking news out of washington on this story. an administration of the show has said president obama feels humble to receive the nobel peace prize, according to the warriors news agency. first reaction to that win. joining us is paul adams of washington, christian fraser, in cairo, and dominic queues in brussels a
president. >> barack obama is the first sitting u.s. president to receive the peace prize since 1919. his international diplomatic effort is still very much a work in progress. this was his keynote speech in cairo when he set out to define a new relationship with the islamic world. >> i am grateful for your hospitality and the hospitality of the people of egypt. and i am also proud to carry with me the good will of the american people anda greeting of peace from the muslim...
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. >> on the same day that president obama gives his inaugural address, the u.s. drone strike kills three people in yemen. today we look at the new documentary, "dirty wars: the world is a battlefield." >> dimon's sue was nothing like kabul. life is defined by the war. everything revolves around it. in yemen, there was no war, of these not officially. >> the film, "dirty wars," follows jeremy scahill to afghanistan, somalia, and yemen as he chases down the hidden truth behind america's expanding covert wars. we will speak with jeremy and the film's director, rick rowley. >> night rates have risen to astronomical levels where there are 1000 raids a month happening. decades after vietnam, one decade into this war, we have gone back to body counts is our only way of measuring any kind of progress in the war. >> broadcasting from the sundance film festival in park city, utah, all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. hundreds of thousands packed into the national mall on monday for president
. >> on the same day that president obama gives his inaugural address, the u.s. drone strike kills three people in yemen. today we look at the new documentary, "dirty wars: the world is a battlefield." >> dimon's sue was nothing like kabul. life is defined by the war. everything revolves around it. in yemen, there was no war, of these not officially. >> the film, "dirty wars," follows jeremy scahill to afghanistan, somalia, and yemen as he chases down the...
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and to me it's president bra rack obama. nobody else can move us forward^. >> i would tell them to take a look at exactly where we are in this country today. what's the environment. economically we are extraordinarily troubled times. we have a president that cannot balance the budget, doesn't send a budget that gets any votes up to the hill. so that's what i would say that women who are undecided need to look at, how do we turn that around? the answer is to those concerns is to take a look at what mitt romney promises to do. >> why did the gender gap finally re-emerge in the president's favor so definitively in the last few days of campaigning. >> candidly, bonnie, i think it, quote, disappeared. because the president failed to mention women in that first debate. he has since made up for that and it shows in the gender gap. >> bonnie, look, fewer women have jobs today than they did under barack obama. more woman are in poverty, on food stamps, more children face larger debt than ever faced in the history of this country. rea
and to me it's president bra rack obama. nobody else can move us forward^. >> i would tell them to take a look at exactly where we are in this country today. what's the environment. economically we are extraordinarily troubled times. we have a president that cannot balance the budget, doesn't send a budget that gets any votes up to the hill. so that's what i would say that women who are undecided need to look at, how do we turn that around? the answer is to those concerns is to take a...
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without michelle obama. the pattern i've always seen in my reporting is that she can-- to other people. and charlie, don't you think we're really going to see that in the 2012 campaign. >> rose: we continue this evening with wade davis, his book is called not silence. the great war, mall ory and the conquest of everests. >> the war became this template of their lives. and it was-- it was in the fiber of their being. and they carry odd i physically to the mountains. >> we conclude this evening with todd buchholz's book is called rush y you need and love the rat race. >> this journey that we're all in as noisy tas s as dangerous, as frustrating is a journey that has extended human life. a hundred years ago you wouldn't have seen there is a rat race a hundred years ago it was simpler. half the population lived on the farm, right. there was-- your cell phone wouldn't interrupt you during dinner, you wouldn't get stuck in traffic. but life expectancy, charlie was 48 years of age. 48 years of age in that simpler n
without michelle obama. the pattern i've always seen in my reporting is that she can-- to other people. and charlie, don't you think we're really going to see that in the 2012 campaign. >> rose: we continue this evening with wade davis, his book is called not silence. the great war, mall ory and the conquest of everests. >> the war became this template of their lives. and it was-- it was in the fiber of their being. and they carry odd i physically to the mountains. >> we...
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wade than would barack obama. i think that it is clear, however, that he would not do anything to outlaw abortion in cases of rape, incest or life of the mother being endangered. i think we know that from the exchanges to date. and so you can say he's had more positions across time, and his position -- you can mark different points in the calendar across his life. >> i do think that the public, by and large, perceives the fact that he has made more 180 degree turns than a whirling dervish. i read this comment online at "the washington post," a reader who said that, "romney has thrown limbaugh, rick perry, allen west and all the other tea party people under a freight train by essentially saying he would govern as president obama governs." that's what he, in effect, he said this past last debate. what about that? >> why would anyone believe that? yes, he said that and yes he did it to convey the impression that the old mitt romney from the primaries was just something he had to do to appease his tea party base. why
wade than would barack obama. i think that it is clear, however, that he would not do anything to outlaw abortion in cases of rape, incest or life of the mother being endangered. i think we know that from the exchanges to date. and so you can say he's had more positions across time, and his position -- you can mark different points in the calendar across his life. >> i do think that the public, by and large, perceives the fact that he has made more 180 degree turns than a whirling...
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we both admire obama. we admire different people. >> charlie:the obama you see is different than he sees. >> eg sees populist fighting for the working class. i see trend holding guy fix our politics. so we both like that guy. but i would say in the last couple years, e.j.'s guy has emerged than may guy. but i don't think my guy is dead. >> charlie:is there one politician anywhere that defines what you believe would be the type profile that would get us to where you think we need to be? >> i'm tended to say no, i toned point to a whole group of people. you know who i would say just about any mayor or governor in this country. we have fascinating group of mayors. >> charlie:and their place is the laboratory. >> right. whether it's rahm emmanuel, mayor bloomberg or fof nors mich daniels. these people are conducting policies. personally wish wosh conducted in washington. you don't have to go far. you see change every day. i remember watching rahm emanuel come pain inning chicago. facing obvious challenges. fix
we both admire obama. we admire different people. >> charlie:the obama you see is different than he sees. >> eg sees populist fighting for the working class. i see trend holding guy fix our politics. so we both like that guy. but i would say in the last couple years, e.j.'s guy has emerged than may guy. but i don't think my guy is dead. >> charlie:is there one politician anywhere that defines what you believe would be the type profile that would get us to where you think we...
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on the part of president obama? >> i in draw here on my experience serving the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter, you could tell carter really didn't like the idea that he had to go through all of this mess of politics, he liked making the decision, he liked saying yes this is what you do about energy and should do this about the b 1 bomber. >> rose: what should we do about who plays ten miss on the tennis court. >> all of this crap of having richard russell and the counterpart on the baseball game he could barely reveal his impatience there is something similar with barack obama. >> in fact the story is told carter l la late in the term trd to make friends with journalists and had a number of them to dinner at the white house and so, hey, all right, mr. president, you know, did you enjoy the dinners, yes, anyone there you would like to see again. >> no. >> okay. so talk about these historians coming to the white house with the president obama. about the way he is. >> the way he is is fascinating to
on the part of president obama? >> i in draw here on my experience serving the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter, you could tell carter really didn't like the idea that he had to go through all of this mess of politics, he liked making the decision, he liked saying yes this is what you do about energy and should do this about the b 1 bomber. >> rose: what should we do about who plays ten miss on the tennis court. >> all of this crap of having richard russell...
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bush and now by barack obama? soon after he succeeded bush, president obama announced he would not permit torture and would close down the detention camp at guantanamo bay. he also said this -- >> our actions in defense of liberty will be just as our cause. and that we the people will uphold our fundamental values as vigilantly as we protect our security. once again america's moral example must be the bedrock and the beacon of our global leadership. >> four years later, guantanamo not only remains open, but a few days ago, the state department announced it was eliminating the office assigned to close the prison and move its detainees. meanwhile, president obama has stepped up the use of unmanned drones against suspected terrorists abroad. those drone attacks have killed a growing number of civilians and have prompted the united nations to launch an investigation into their legality and the deadly toll on innocent people. >> the central objective of the investigation i'm formally launching this morning is to look a
bush and now by barack obama? soon after he succeeded bush, president obama announced he would not permit torture and would close down the detention camp at guantanamo bay. he also said this -- >> our actions in defense of liberty will be just as our cause. and that we the people will uphold our fundamental values as vigilantly as we protect our security. once again america's moral example must be the bedrock and the beacon of our global leadership. >> four years later, guantanamo...
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tavis: what would you ask president obama? >> mr. president, in the second term, what are you going to do to get the american people on your side even more so we can break this deadlock? how are you going to face these interest groups that have been blocking so much so that we can finally get to the kinds of long-term investments that we know you want, but have not occurred yet? addressing our energy crisis, addressing the environmental crisis, addressing the skills and jobs crisis. how are going to pay for that? how're you going to get it done? tavis: do you think senator obama when he became president and try to hold on to the pledge to reform washington, how naive was he in thinking he could overturn a system that is more and more controlled by lobbyists? >> well, i wonder. you know, he had the right message. it galvanized the country. he had of course tremendous popularity at the beginning but he brought a lot of these interest groups right back into government as he came in in 2009. too much wall street, too much of the private
tavis: what would you ask president obama? >> mr. president, in the second term, what are you going to do to get the american people on your side even more so we can break this deadlock? how are you going to face these interest groups that have been blocking so much so that we can finally get to the kinds of long-term investments that we know you want, but have not occurred yet? addressing our energy crisis, addressing the environmental crisis, addressing the skills and jobs crisis. how...
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president obama on the verge of securing a victory in a key vote on healthcare reform. member of the u.s. senate are gather together vote soon on their version of the bill containing measures to extend healthca to 30 million independent sured and that bill will be reconciled with the bill already passed by the house of representatives. we're he - harry reed is speaking since about 7:00 as senators continue to gather. washington right now our correspondent. adam brooks the very basics. how does the current system work and why does the presint want it changed? >> well the president wants it changed because he says it doesn't provide enough healthcare for enough people. there are depending how you count it. tens of millions of americans who don't have proper access to healthcare because they don't have health insurance. and in america, even if you do have relate insurance you can lose it very easily for. example if you leave your job you often lose your healthcare benefits so it's sort of a big bit of american life that makes people very anxious. source of great anxiety in
president obama on the verge of securing a victory in a key vote on healthcare reform. member of the u.s. senate are gather together vote soon on their version of the bill containing measures to extend healthca to 30 million independent sured and that bill will be reconciled with the bill already passed by the house of representatives. we're he - harry reed is speaking since about 7:00 as senators continue to gather. washington right now our correspondent. adam brooks the very basics. how does...
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president obama has played down talk of a troop surge in the country. he says there is no decision pending but the top commander on the ground, general stanley mcchrystal, had delivered a brief -- bleak assessment and urging a new approach based on counterinsurgency, involving large number of troops. our reporter went to the north to see how the ideas are in action. >> u.s. soldiers are on a foot patrol. their new strategy talks about putting the afghan people first. it is not just about finding the enemy now, it is about finding and keeping friends. in this village, there is a warm welcome. >> how are you? >> good, how were you? >> they know a bit of each other's language. lt. chuck anderson quickly removes his home at -- helmet, and sunglasses. this 24-year-old from america has a big job. he is one of the many new faces of counter insurgency, and that is the point. it is face to face. he lists -- they list the problems here. no school, know well that they were promised. >> it is never good when people promise and it doesn't go through. >> this war has
president obama has played down talk of a troop surge in the country. he says there is no decision pending but the top commander on the ground, general stanley mcchrystal, had delivered a brief -- bleak assessment and urging a new approach based on counterinsurgency, involving large number of troops. our reporter went to the north to see how the ideas are in action. >> u.s. soldiers are on a foot patrol. their new strategy talks about putting the afghan people first. it is not just about...
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prospects looked worse than obama's do now. i think in our hyperventilating commentarriat tend to exaggerate what's happening this week, and as significant as the election was, it was a typical correction that we associate with all bi-elections, and the last three elections have been swing elections. so it may well be that we're going to see this kind of back-and-forth now for some period of time. and i don't see it as necessarily an indication that 2012 is going to deliver either the house or the senate or the white house to the republican party. >> rose: reminds me of mrs. churchill who said to winston churchill after his defeat in 1946, it may be a blessing in disguise. and mr. churchill said it's a hell of a disguise. >> i wouldn't describe it as a pleasing in disguise, but i wouldn't say the presidenciy is dead on arrival at this point. >> rose: so who has influenced barack obama's mind? >> that's a very difficult question to answer in short order. i think he is seriously influenced by social christianity, by the gospels--
prospects looked worse than obama's do now. i think in our hyperventilating commentarriat tend to exaggerate what's happening this week, and as significant as the election was, it was a typical correction that we associate with all bi-elections, and the last three elections have been swing elections. so it may well be that we're going to see this kind of back-and-forth now for some period of time. and i don't see it as necessarily an indication that 2012 is going to deliver either the house or...
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>> obama and romney, what is their question for these guys? >> who is going to do something in the next four years where you don't have a debate over whether one is better off or not. i think there is, tom and i were just talking about that. there is a hunger for big ideas. will is a hunger for a kind of leadership that goes, harkens to our better hours, and i think wherever you stand, in a partisan sense, ronald reagan had big ideas, bill clinton had big ideas, and we thought that barack obama did, and for all of the circumstances and all the data points, it just has been very hard for him to breakthrough, and i think that what worries me most is that we are in a moment where in terms of the two parties we are in a battle for the narcissism of small differences, that it is one, one party essentially with -- an establishment party with two wings, and i think that is why you have a great deal of disaffection. >> rose: you took note at the time of neal armstrong's death. >> yes. >> rose: that was a remind that the country has been its best when
>> obama and romney, what is their question for these guys? >> who is going to do something in the next four years where you don't have a debate over whether one is better off or not. i think there is, tom and i were just talking about that. there is a hunger for big ideas. will is a hunger for a kind of leadership that goes, harkens to our better hours, and i think wherever you stand, in a partisan sense, ronald reagan had big ideas, bill clinton had big ideas, and we thought that...
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it is not a tension that barack obama can solve himself. the problem does not lie in barack obama. the problem lies in us. until the point that we are ready as a people that we can say we can put these issues on the table and we will not hold people or castigate ohm them or bring it against them for bringing up race. it is only at that point, that a candidate like obama can probably say what really is in his mind. i think he probably does want to have a black agenda but is not doing so because if he were to come out and say it, he would probably lose the next election. tavis: help me understand the hidden brain, the unconscious mind, then, of african-americans, who understand that the president can't stand up with a black first and run down some black power agenda. >> yes. tavis: but at the same time, recognize in their own conversations all of these things you said earlier about the crushing that they are experiencing. about the hell that they are enduring. for black people this isn't just a conversation. this is a way of life. they are the ones -- let me make it clear. too many f
it is not a tension that barack obama can solve himself. the problem does not lie in barack obama. the problem lies in us. until the point that we are ready as a people that we can say we can put these issues on the table and we will not hold people or castigate ohm them or bring it against them for bringing up race. it is only at that point, that a candidate like obama can probably say what really is in his mind. i think he probably does want to have a black agenda but is not doing so because...
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it seems that president obama of their remotes is on the charm offensive. -- president obama very much is on the charm offensive. >> he is a president described it as a salesman rather than a statesman. it is clear that as he comes here tomorrow it is all about creating opportunity for american business and jobs back home. nevertheless, he has used these last couple of days to outline his vision of where the u.s. and india stand. growing the other in more ways than one and have a partnership between them was the one he felt with the fund 21st century. many are waiting to see what he will say the during his speech today in parliament. >> as you speak, we can see barack obama in the indian parliament. ready to make his address. we can see those live pictures and tell of barack obama. about to address the members of parliament. this is an important relationship in geopolitical terms. pakistan is a neighbor that is crucial to india and washington. >> that is right. he said -- >> hello? >> he said -- >> we can see barack obama signing something in the indian parliament. geopolitics and an i
it seems that president obama of their remotes is on the charm offensive. -- president obama very much is on the charm offensive. >> he is a president described it as a salesman rather than a statesman. it is clear that as he comes here tomorrow it is all about creating opportunity for american business and jobs back home. nevertheless, he has used these last couple of days to outline his vision of where the u.s. and india stand. growing the other in more ways than one and have a...
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obama has his. more subsidies and regulation, tax breaks for the middle class, more taxes for the rich, but both of them act as if you can act autonomously in the world, as if this can be done in the absence of an interdependent fiscal policy, and this is a blunt reality. it is not an ideology. it does not serve the democrats or the republicans. the economy is interdependent, and we need policies like that. we do not have them. tavis: it is understandable, given the condition of our economy, that oester be -- both of these conventions in the last two eggs have focused on the issue of joblessness in this country, how to put americans back to work, but i wondered, to what extent you think it is possible, that some catastrophe on the international stage might end up over these next few weeks between labor day and election day, how they might end up impacting the outcome of this race. everybody is on edge. talking about living in an interdependent world, is it foreseeable that something on the internati
obama has his. more subsidies and regulation, tax breaks for the middle class, more taxes for the rich, but both of them act as if you can act autonomously in the world, as if this can be done in the absence of an interdependent fiscal policy, and this is a blunt reality. it is not an ideology. it does not serve the democrats or the republicans. the economy is interdependent, and we need policies like that. we do not have them. tavis: it is understandable, given the condition of our economy,...
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in hope and change was obama. in 2012, rime has talked about -- romney has talked about his five points for the economic plan, cut taxes and create more jobs so that there's more taxpayers able to create the revenue -- >> how do those more jobs get created? >> it's repeal obama care which is going to cost trillions of dollars in new regulations and all kinds of problems. and there's instability among small business owners. >> how about that? >> wait. wait. wait. wait. >> i have a question. [laughter] >> why is it, for example, that mitt romney says -- and i heard you say this on your show, but months ago, not against access for women to contraceptives? >> that's right? >> on the other hand -- no, that's true with the caveat that's for women that can afford to pay for it by themselves. why doesn't he just say that, you know, we are not going to pay, we are for access for women that can pay for it for themselves and women who cannot afford it, too bad. >> it's not that. there's plenty of access for women that cannot
in hope and change was obama. in 2012, rime has talked about -- romney has talked about his five points for the economic plan, cut taxes and create more jobs so that there's more taxpayers able to create the revenue -- >> how do those more jobs get created? >> it's repeal obama care which is going to cost trillions of dollars in new regulations and all kinds of problems. and there's instability among small business owners. >> how about that? >> wait. wait. wait. wait....
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>> president obama would like us to ignore what is happening is past four years. granted, he came into a tough situation, but we have to consider that during the last 43 months we have had more than 8% unemployment. it is the only time in this nation's history that we have had a president that has presided even over three years of over 8% unemployment. the fact is, those 43 months of over 8% unemployment during president obama's term is four months more than all of the months of over 8% unemployment from 1948 until president obama's inauguration. he talks about recovery, all the new jobs. the fact is, in the downturn, 60% of the jobs lost were mid skill and mid paying jobs, and only 20% of the new jobs during the so-called recovery are in that category. most of the jobs are low-paying jobs, these new jobs he brags about are in retail sales and food preparation. there are things that have been proven in our history to work. we could have put in place, and it needs to be put in immediately, it works progress administration kind of program where we are investing in t
>> president obama would like us to ignore what is happening is past four years. granted, he came into a tough situation, but we have to consider that during the last 43 months we have had more than 8% unemployment. it is the only time in this nation's history that we have had a president that has presided even over three years of over 8% unemployment. the fact is, those 43 months of over 8% unemployment during president obama's term is four months more than all of the months of over 8%...
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now, obama has done it, but somehow he... he doesn't... you know, it's not quite henry v leading the country and, in the end, i'm not quite sure... and i think i suppose drew will say that's precisely what i'm talking about. i agree, i just don't know that's as big a deal. but on that matter of style, you know jon stewart says he seems to begin every press conference these days with a sigh. and i think he does begin each day with a sigh. >> rose: on the leadership question, jonathan, how do you see it? >> i agree with fareed that obama's first two years were spectacularly productive and you could actually add a lot more to the list of his accomplishments. i don't necessarily agree with his criticism of obama's style. i think obama's style could have been better but i think even fareed is dramatically overstating the importance of this. if you wanted to measure the ways in which his communications message is somehow helping or harming him, i think you have to compare it to where he ought to be given the fundamentals of the country. the fact
now, obama has done it, but somehow he... he doesn't... you know, it's not quite henry v leading the country and, in the end, i'm not quite sure... and i think i suppose drew will say that's precisely what i'm talking about. i agree, i just don't know that's as big a deal. but on that matter of style, you know jon stewart says he seems to begin every press conference these days with a sigh. and i think he does begin each day with a sigh. >> rose: on the leadership question, jonathan, how...
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. >> rose: what are the advantages he has, al, president obama. >> obama has a couple advantages. mike says the demographics certainly work in his favor. i think he's probably a slightly better candidate than mitt romney. i think, i'll tell you one advantage he does not have that they had last time. i think this, i think the romney campaign is a pretty darn effective group. they've coherent, they seem to have fewer factions than some campaigns have had and i think they are more, they are at least a match for team obama. now, it has to be said, everything mike said about the primaries are right. they beat an incredibly weak field. when they go against broke it's welcome to the nfl. >> rose: on that note thank you very much al hunt, thank you very much mike murphy. >> sure. >> rose: a pleasure. >> thank you. >> rose: i go now to bob white, a long time friend of the mitt romney and also mike leavitt is an adviser to mitt romney. earlier this evening, bob white spoke about the governor's commitment to service and their work at bain capital. as i said mike leavitt is a former utah gove
. >> rose: what are the advantages he has, al, president obama. >> obama has a couple advantages. mike says the demographics certainly work in his favor. i think he's probably a slightly better candidate than mitt romney. i think, i'll tell you one advantage he does not have that they had last time. i think this, i think the romney campaign is a pretty darn effective group. they've coherent, they seem to have fewer factions than some campaigns have had and i think they are more,...
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obama to be the next president of the united states. and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. >> clinton praised obama for his efforts to revive the economy. he said the president stopped the nation's slide and put the u.s. on the road to recovery. clinton said republicans are asking to fire obama though they left the country in a mess the administration is cleaning up. clinton said people who envision the country for shared prosperity and shared responsibility should vote for obama. delegates at the convention are set to nominate obama as the democratic candidate for a second term. >>> obama has been fighting opposition from within his own party, some democrats blame him for the flagging economy and for the problems plaguing his health care reforms. so, he is working to broaden his base and turning attention to liberals. >> reporter: barack obama the first president to announce support for same-sex marriage. it looked like a smart, compassionate move it forced the republicans to take a less tolerant
obama to be the next president of the united states. and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. >> clinton praised obama for his efforts to revive the economy. he said the president stopped the nation's slide and put the u.s. on the road to recovery. clinton said republicans are asking to fire obama though they left the country in a mess the administration is cleaning up. clinton said people who envision the country for shared prosperity and shared...
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obama. >> obama and reagan. >> were the same, 1981 and 2009. and to some extent you can argue, perhaps that health care is obama's-- camp-ross. 9 tax cut that set in motion a lot of the reagan economic plan, then he raised a bunch of taxes. but recession, difficulty, tough midterm, but a recovery in the third year that lead to a big win. if i were betting that is what i would say is going to happen to obama is that he will get the wind of a recovery, get kick around in the midterm because you always get kicked around in the midterm and that he also remember, this is a man who loved like all of us, loves winning. and he feels rightly that he just did something that nobody else did. which is the way he got the nomination. you know t is the way he went from being a state senator to president of the united states in four years. >> rose: what is what i want to come to, temperment. he was more interested in lbj than fdr. >> right, right. i mean he wanted to learn from the past. he also is a man who learns from history which is a great thing it means
obama. >> obama and reagan. >> were the same, 1981 and 2009. and to some extent you can argue, perhaps that health care is obama's-- camp-ross. 9 tax cut that set in motion a lot of the reagan economic plan, then he raised a bunch of taxes. but recession, difficulty, tough midterm, but a recovery in the third year that lead to a big win. if i were betting that is what i would say is going to happen to obama is that he will get the wind of a recovery, get kick around in the midterm...
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and that was obama's greatness. that's why he mobilized the country and he can't afford lose that. >> charlie: here is what i just heard you say. that this president is naive and that this president is doing things behind closed doors that the public doesn't know and that this president should be a hedge hog but he's a fox. >> he's becoming that. >> i think we want to be -- >> let me -- >> i promise you i was getting to you. i just wanted to set up something, key it up for you. >> i just want to offer a slightly different interpretation of the obama campaign. i think the genius was never that he actually believed i think in the idea that you were going to meet in the middle and have this dream of perfect bipartisanship where the republicans and delicates would join hands and sing "kumg parksya" the genius what was he used the rhetoric to advance not a far health agenda but a pretty conventionally liberal 'general california if you look at policy proposals you see it on healthcare, they are the liberal wing of the de
and that was obama's greatness. that's why he mobilized the country and he can't afford lose that. >> charlie: here is what i just heard you say. that this president is naive and that this president is doing things behind closed doors that the public doesn't know and that this president should be a hedge hog but he's a fox. >> he's becoming that. >> i think we want to be -- >> let me -- >> i promise you i was getting to you. i just wanted to set up something, key...